Antiseptic body geam protector.



H. JAFFEE & E. M. DURSTEWITZ.

ANTISEBTIQ BODY GERM PROTECTOR; APPLICQATIOH FILED JAN. 27, 1909. 5 966,838., Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

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UNITED STATES; PATENT OFFICE.

HEBHLNN J'AFFEE, or nonoxnn, nnwwnnsnx, AND EDWARD max nons'rnwirz or new YORK,'N. r.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 27, 1909. Serial No. 474,424.

Be it known that we, HERMANN J AFFEE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of .Hoboken, inthecounty of Hudson and State of New Jersey, and EDWARD MAX Dons'rnwrrz, a citizen of the Empire of Germany, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Antiseptic Body Germ Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to novel body germ protectors. H

It is the special object of our invention to produce body germ protectors which are made of light, pulpy and absorbent ma-- terial such as paper pulp made of waste paper or the refuse of paper mills. This material while still a moist, soft and slightly cohering mass is treated with antiseptic or disinfecting substances before being pressed into shape. Thus the finished protector is not only sanitary in a mechanical sense but really antiseptic. I

The novel rotector prevents indirect contagion and in addition thereto contains antiseptics which destroy germs or bacilli.

The protector forming the subject matter of the present invention is purposed' to be temporarily attached to the seat of a closet. It is exchangeable and the construction and shape is such that it may easily and quickly a be attached and removed. By simplicity in construction the cost of production has been kept low, the device being pressed by machinery out of the pulpy mass. The cost of the device being so low renders it possible to use it but once if desired but it may be used repeatedly, while devices of this kind heretofore ma e struction embodying expensive metallic posts for clamping pads, or hinges sometimes in a considerably large number which increase the cost of the device so that it is actually rohibitive for the user. Still the device a ords full protection by virtue of its construction because there is an integral inner portion which extends downwardly when the protector is applied, said inner portion being of-larger cross area in the front and gradually reduced in the rear.

For travelers the'device is made in parts some" of which may be folded whereby space' is saved in trunks,satchels or the like. The

to the form 0 were of coin licated con-' shape of the protector permits of applying Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

it to any existing seat without changing same or requiring skilled labor. It merely need be pressed onto the seat by virtue of its peculiar shape, all as will-be fully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 represents in bottom perspective View an antiseptic body germ protector which embodies in desirable form the present improvements. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2, 2 of Figbl. Fig. 3 illustrates in top plan View a modified form of device composed of three parts. Fig. d is a section on line 4, 4 of Fig. 5, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified form seen from below. a

Similar characters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

In Fig. 1 of the drawing an antiseptic body protector is shown in perspective view seen from the bottom whichis made in one piece. This rotector a conforms in shape f a seat and is cut or separated in the rear as shown at a which renders it possible to apply the protector to seats which are not quite of uniform size. The protector is elastic and flexible and therefore gives Way without breakingor losing its shape. The side portions a and the front portion a completely cover the seat but the interior portion a of the protector extends vertically somewhat down into the opening and beyond the seat thus forming a mechanical means of preventing indirect contagion. It is preferable to make the portion a of the interior extension a somewhat larger to assure complete protection. From the above it is clear that the described protector shown in Fig. l and in section in Fig. 2 represents nothing but a plain shell of somewhat less than semi-circular section divided in its rear portion and having an extended inner portion. a

In Fig. 3 a modified form of device is illustrated which is composed of three parts. The separate front part b is of exactlythe same construction as the front portion a of the as the side portions a of the first described device but are somewhat longer so that the front part b slightly overlaps same when I a plied. Being separate members they are divided in the rear for the purpose men tioned. The two arts. 0,- d'are congruent members and there ore may be folded'whereby two of these members occupy but verylittle space more than a single one which is of value for persons who are traveling and take them along. This is-a highly precautionary measure particularly when traveling through small towns where sanitary appllanc'es are rarely found. I

Another slightly modified form of the device is illustrated in Figs. 4. and 5. This protector e merel is a device adapt-ed to'be pressed onto the ront portion of a seat. Its front portion 6 and the side portions 6 are shaped to fit the front portion of the seat exactly as the above described devices but the inner portion 6' which extends vertically down into the opening of the seat has an enlarged front portion and is gradually reduced toward the inner ends. This forin of device affoqrds full mechanical protection against indirect contagion and shares with the first described devices the advantage that it is antiseptic.

We claim as our invention: 1. An exchangeable, flexible, antiseptic body germ protector consisting ofa plain eoepaa.

shell of nearly semi-circular section havin a front-portion with inner portionformed therewith and extending vertica ydownward beyond the outer por- -t1on and two congruous side portions, said directl integral inner portion being of lar er cross area in the front and gradually r uced toward the rear extending to. the two congruent side portions, forming'thus an elongated shell with overlapping portions of various area. 2 An antlse tlc od germ protector conslstmg of a- P am shel of nearly semi-circularsection made of three parts, a frontv part with portion formed directly-in tegral' therewith and extending vertically downward beyond the outer portion, said in- -ner portion being of larger cross area in the front and gradually reduced toward the rear,

' and two congruent side parts forming when- 

